Machine for hooping and heading kegs



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T. A. COOK; MACHINE FOR HOOPING AND HEADING KEGS.

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THEODORE A. cook, OFIBYROOKLYN,YN-EW YORK.

MACHINE FOR HOOPlNG AND HEADl NG KEGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,831, datedMay 27,1890. Application filed November 12, 1839- Serial No. 329,970. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEODORE A. CooK, of Brooklyn, in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Machinefor Hooping and Heading Kegs, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

My invention relates to a machine designed more particularly for hoopingand heading small kegs, such as are commonly used for paints, but may beused for any cooperage if made on a large or appropriate scale.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters and numerals of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly in section, of my new hooping-offmachine. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same on the line 0c 00of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional plan on the line y y of Fig. 2. Fig. 4is a similar view on line a a of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a plan view of thesupporting-plate for the keg removed. Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectionalview showing the details of the machine. Fig. 7 is a sectional view 011line 2 z of Fig. 6. Figs. 8 and 9 are respectively a plan and frontelevation of one of the hoop-drivers removed.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings,and then pointed out in the claims.

The main frame of the machine comprises the base 1, columns 2, and top3, on which is journaled the shaft 4. To the ends of the shaft aresecured the cog-wheels 5 5, with which mesh the pinions 6 6 on thepower-shaft 7. This is journaled on bearings 8, and is provided betweensaid bearings with a pulley 9, over which a belt passes to impart motionto the machine. Shaft 4 is provided at each end with a crank 10,connected by pitman 11 to the upper table or plate 12, so that thistable is vertically reciprocated when the machine is in operation. Thecolumns 2 2 are channeled, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, to form guides orways for the reciprocation of said table, the same being formed withlateral projections 13 to fit said columns.

14 is the supporting-table or bed-plate, which carries the header 18 forthe keg K to be hooped and headed. This table is vertically adjustableby means of a screw 15, and in its upper surface is formed a groove 16to receive the headed bolt 17, which connects the bottom header 18 tothe said plate 14. The header is provided with a removable plate 18,held by the bolt 17. In consequence of the slot 16 the said header maybe drawn out to receive the keg to be hooped and to facilitate theremoval of the keg after it has received the hoops and heads.

To the under surface of the upper plate 12 is secured the flange 19,formed with the interior shoulder or offset 20. In a central aperture 21is held by a nut 22 a tube 23, to the lower end of which is secured theplate 24. This is formed at its outer edge with six pairs (more or less)of lugs 25, which reach under the offset 20, and thus hold the flange 19in place. By removing the nut 22 the said flange and all parts connectedthereto may be removed and another size substituted to suit the size ofkegs to be headed and hooped. To and between each pair of lugs 25 ispivoted a hoop-driver 26, the lower end of each of which is constantlypressed inward by a spring 2 held by a ring 28 and set-screw 29, theouter end of the. spring acting upon the upwardlyprojecting arm 26 ofthe hoop-driver. The lower end 26 is enlarged and curved and formed withthe depression 26, to receive a steel facing 26 to engage with edge ofthe middle hoop, as shown clearly in Figs. 6 and 9.

In the tube 23 is placed the spindle 30, which is pressed downward bythe heavy coiled spring 31, and to the lower end of this spindle issecured the plate 32, which presses in the head 7c of the keg down intothe croze. The lower head is pressed in by the lower plate 18, attachedto the header by the rod 17.

The action is as follows: The keg is first provided with the hoops andone head. The lower head is placed on the plate 18. The keg is thenplaced on the plate 18 over the bottom head and plate 18, and the wholeslid in place under the upper table 12. When this table is forced downby the cranks and pitmen of the shaft 4, the plates 32 and 18 force theheads in place, and the upper and lower hoops are pressed on by contacttherewith of the plates 24 and 18, and the middle hoop is pressed on bythe hoop-drivers 26, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 6. The outwardmovement of each of the hoop-drivers is limited by a screw 34. (Shownclearly in Fig. 6.)

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. In a machine for hooping and heading kegs, amain support provided with a headerplate, a movable upper plate ortable, and means for reciprocating it, in combination with a flange orring attached to the said lllOV- able table adapted to surround thebarrel, the plate 21L within said flange, the spring-actuatedhoop-drivers pivoted therein, a tube attached to said plate, and aspring-actuated follower held on said tube and provided with

